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Within Our Gates(1920)
Status: Released
Date: 1920-01-12
59%
97 Votes
Time: 1h 14m
Overview:
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $15,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Micheaux Book & Film Company
Movie: Within Our Gates
Top 10 Billed Cast
Evelyn Preer
Sylvia Landry
Flo Clements
Alma Prichard
James D. Ruffin
Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé
Jack Chenault
Larry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother
Charles D. Lucas
Dr. V. Vivian
Bernice Ladd
Mrs. Geraldine Stratton
Mrs. Evelyn
Mrs. Elena Warwick
William Starks
Jasper Landry
Mattie Edwards
Jasper's Wife
E.G. Tatum
Efram - Gridlestone's Servant
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